Basic cost benefit analysis for assessing local public projects /

This book presents essential elements for understanding, interpreting, and conducting cost benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of local government. The cost benefit technique is so often referenced in government policy that a correct understanding is necessary for officials entrusted with public d...

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Main Authors: Keating, Barry, 1945- (Author), Keating, Maryann O., (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:2014 digital library.
Economics collection.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. An introduction to cost benefit analysis -- 2. Cost benefit analysis and individual preferences -- 3. Time preference and the discount rate -- 4. Measuring costs and benefits -- 5. Shadow pricing -- 6. Potential pitfalls in cost benefit analysis -- 7. Introducing cost benefit analysis to the non-specialist -- 8. Cost benefit analysis of proposed new regulations -- 9. Case study: contracting versus a municipal animal control shelter -- 10. Case study: cost benefit analysis for a forty acre industrial park intended to spawn economic development and jobs -- 11. Case study: establishing a recreational program for the disabled -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
520 3 |a This book presents essential elements for understanding, interpreting, and conducting cost benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of local government. The cost benefit technique is so often referenced in government policy that a correct understanding is necessary for officials entrusted with public decisions. It is especially useful for those charged with preparing numerical analyses to assess the worthiness of a specific policy proposal. In this manual, costs and benefits are identified and analyzed in terms of economic efficiency and resource allocation. 
588 |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2014). 
590 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Public works  |x Cost effectiveness. 
653 |a cost benefit analysis (CBA) 
653 |a local government 
653 |a project evaluation 
653 |a discount rate 
653 |a willingness to accept 
653 |a willingness to pay 
653 |a economic efficiency 
653 |a positive time preference 
653 |a net discounted benefits 
653 |a present value of costs 
653 |a present value of benefits 
653 |a social welfare functions 
653 |a externalities/spillovers 
653 |a cost effectiveness analysis 
653 |a benefits ratio 
653 |a sensitivity analysis 
653 |a market failure 
653 |a government failure 
653 |a standing 
653 |a external/social costs 
653 |a external/social benefits 
653 |a existence values 
653 |a hedonic valuation 
653 |a hypothetical contingent valuation 
653 |a rent seeking 
653 |a regulatory capture 
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